Lind honored as region senior athlete

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Alex Lind took home another honor on Saturday.

The state champion diver from Jamestown High School was named West Region senior athlete of the year at the West Region meet in Bismarck.

“It’s really cool. In fact, a diver doesn’t normally get that award,” JHS coach Ben Smith said.

Lind added another region title to her resume, scoring 429 points to win the event. She edged out Bismarck Century’s Lauren Gietzen by nearly 25 points.

However, the Blue Jays finished sixth out of six teams with 203 points. Three-time defending state champion Century won with 481.5 points, while Minot was second at 401. Century won seven of the 12 events.

Lind was the only winner for the Jays, but she did have a few teammates receive honors as well. Kamie Wagar and Abby Wanzek joined Lind on the all-region team. All three are senior captains.

Abby Wanzek finished fourth in diving with 364.2 points, while Annie Hart was fourth in the 100 backstroke and eighth in the 50 freestyle.

Additionally, Wagar took fifth in the 100 fly and sixth in the 100 breaststroke, and Paige Peterson placed sixth in the 50 freestyle. The Blue Jays’ 200 medley relay finished fourth.

Smith said the Blue Jays are right on pace with where he hoped.

“(Saturday) went how we planned,” he said. “They’ll be resting this week, so they’ll be ready for this weekend.”

The state meet is set for Friday and Saturday in Bismarck.

West Region meet

At Bismarck

Team scores

1. Century 481.5. 2. Minot 401. 3. Williston 346. 4. Mandan 273.5. 5. Bismarck 260. 6. Jamestown 203.

Individual results

200-yard medley relay: 1. Century (Tess Sether, Veronica Herrmann, McKenzie Jeske, Jarren Fallgatter), 1:52.80. 2. Williston, 1:53.62. 3. Minot, 1:57.16. 4. Jamestown, 2:00.67. 5. Mandan, 2:02.47. 6. Bismarck, 2:03.50.

200 freestyle: 1. Dani Bergeson, C, 1:54.78. 2. Ketti Ringwall, W, 1:58.69. 3. Kyra Ekre, C, 2:00.91. 4. Carlie Borchers, Man, 2:01.14. 5. Mckenna Brown, Min, 2:01.47. 6. Emma Hepper, B, 2:02.90. 7. Hailey Dempsey, B, 2:04.41. 8. Maria Semenko, W, 2:05.16.

200 individual medley: 1. Bryn Everson, W, 2:13.89. 2. Veronica Herrmann, C, 2:15.31. 3. Sam Miller, W, 2:18.41. 4. Tess Sether, C, 2:21.10. 5. Abby Bourgois, C, 2:21.16. 6. Rachel Ford, Man, 2:21.30. 7. Ak Koebele, B, 2:23.03. 8. Sarah Bogenrief, Min, 2:24.47.

50 freestyle: 1. Jarren Fallgatter, C, 24.79. 2. Cassandra Askvig, Min, 25.39. 3. Devin Scott, Min, 25.80. 4. Kristin Engberg, B, 25.91. 5. McKenzie Martin, Man, 26.12. 6. Paige Peterson, J, 26.38. 7. Paige Fisketjon, W, 26.43. 8. Annie Hart, J, 26.44.

Diving: 1. Alex Lind, J, 429.00. 2. Lauren Gietzen, C, 403.95. 3. Karli Knutson, C, 373.50. 4. Abby Wanzek, J, 364.20. 5. Shaylee Schaf, Man, 362.55. 6. Nicolette Haug, Man, 356.95. 7. Jenny Nelson, B, 345.05. 8. Kennedie Boehm, C, 341.50.

100 butterfly: 1. McKenzie Jeske, C, 1:00.91. 2. Rachel Ford, Man, 1:03.06. 3. Ashley Doll, Man, 1:03.37. 4. Devin Scott, Min, 1:04.30. 5. Kamie Wagar, J, 1:04.90. 6. Alexis Clark, Min, 1:04.93. 7. Sarah Pippin, W, 1:06.46. 8. Elizabeth Tin-Maung, Min, 1:06.74.

100 freestyle: 1. Ketti Ringwall, W, 54.41. 2. Jarren Fallgatter, C, 54.98. 3. Cassandra Askvig, Min, 55.78. 4. Kristin Engberg, B, 56.85. 5. McKenzie Martin, Man, 57.20. 6. Alyssa Hodenfield, W, 57.74. 7. Leah Grove, W, 58.58. 8. Paige Fisketjon, W, 58.85.

500 freestyle: 1. Mckenna Brown, Min, 5:17.70. 2. Carlie Borchers, Man, 5:18.54. 3. Kyra Ekre, C, 5:33.64. 4. Hailey Dempsey, B, 5:37.95. 5. Alexis Clark, Min, 5:42.20. 6. Maria Semenko, W, 5:44.91. 7. Grace Werder, C, 5:45.24. 8. Josie Gillund, Min, 5:45.70.

200 freestyle relay: 1. Minot (Cassandra Askvig, Jordan Hubbard, Emily Hamel, Mckenna Brown), 1:43.05. 2. Bismarck, 1:43.74. 3. Century, 1:43.88. 4. Mandan, 1:44.96. 5. Williston, 1:45.07. 6. Jamestown, 1:48.98.

100 backstroke: 1. Dani Bergeson, C, 59.74. 2. Bryn Everson, W, 1:00.91. 3. Emma Hepper, B, 1:02.55. 4. Annie Hart, J, 1:03.12. 5. Sydney Clark, Min, 1:04.96. 6. Tess Sether, C, 1:05.51. 7. Kaley Finstad, B, 1:07.12. 8. Katelyn Rising, C, 1:07.24.

100 breaststroke: 1. Veronica Herrmann, C, 1:07.83. 2. McKenzie Jeske, C, 1:08.43. 3. Sam Miller, W, 1:09.59. 4. Sarah Bogenrief, Min, 1:10.51. 5. Elizabeth Tin-Maung, Min, 1:15.85. 6. Kamie Wagar, J, 1:16.18. 7. Taysha Zeeb, B, 1:16.25. 8. Hanna Hoglund, W, 1:17.04.

400 freestyle relay: 1. Century (Jarren Fallgatter, Kyra Ekre, McKenzie Jeske, Dani Bergeson), 3:43.03. 2. Williston, 3:47.25. 3. Minot, 3:48.19. 4. Bismarck, 3:52.41. 5. Mandan, 3:55.36. 6. Jamestown, 4:14.64.

Awards

West Region senior athlete: Alex Lind, Jamestown.

West Region coach of the year: Dan Hinton, Minot.

All-Region team: Century — Dani Bergeson, Hailey Dempsey, Kyra Ekre, Jarren Fallgatter, Lauren Gietzen, Veronica Herrmann, McKenzie Jeske, Karli Knutson, Tess Sether. Minot — Cassandra Askvig, Mckenna Brown, Alexis Clark, Devin Scott. Williston — Bryn Everson, Ketti Ringwall, Sam Miller. Mandan — Carlie Borchers, Rachel Ford, McKenzie Martin. Bismarck — Hailey Dempsey, Kristin Engberg, Emma Hepper. Jamestown — Alex Lind, Kamie Wagar, Abby Wanzek.

Sun sports writer Chris Aarhus can be reached at (701) 952-8462 or by email at caarhus@jamestownsun.com

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